Many people classify ADHD as a disease, when truly it is not. People do not suffer from it therefore it cannot be a disease. In other words, ADHD is also classified as a disorder, which in one’s opinion is a much nicer term for it. Many doctors, like those the Children Hospital of Philadelphia, believe that ADHD could be caused by a deletion or a duplication of the DNA. ADHD results in impulsive behavior, excessive activity, and a short attention span, or at least a good 10% of the population can have these traits. It is also tested that sometimes the drug or pill that the ADHD patient may use does not always work. For example, in some cases, there will be a child with a much more severe ADHD condition than another one; to the very severe the pill will not have much effect, but the other one could be easily controlled. Yes, ADHD is a disorder, but there is nothing wrong with having ADHD. Meaning, ADHD will not affect one’s intelligence, control, or capacity to learn. Of course, it will be much more difficult to concentrate but it cannot and will not affect someone’s potential.
This research might be beneficial to human society due to the fact that much of the population have this genetic mutation. For example, the parents of a child with the ADHD disorder would highly appreciate this information so in this way they wouldn’t believe that their child is retarded. Situations like those have happened various times in past generations, and I speak of experience. ADHD patients should not be made fun of or prejudiced against. This article was an example of discovery science because doctors used technology to figure out what happened in the genes and is also hypothesis science because they are assumptions that are proven correctly.
Source : Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. New Gene study of ADHD points to defects in brain signaling pathways. It is a website, from December 4, 2011 5:48 pm. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2011/12/04/new_gene_study_of_adhd_points_to_defects_in_brain_signaling_pathways.html
Mariana Toro.
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